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[PATCH] Fix deletion of last character in levenshtein distance

From
Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
Date
Nov 18, 2008, 18:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20081118185326.12721.71576.stgit@arrakis.enst.fr>

Without this change, "git tags" will not suggest "git tag" (it will only suggest "git status"), and "git statusx" will not suggest anything.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
---
 levenshtein.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/levenshtein.c b/levenshtein.c
index db52f2c..98fea72 100644
--- a/levenshtein.c
+++ b/levenshtein.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int levenshtein(const char *string1, const char *string2,
 					row2[j + 1] > row0[j - 1] + w)
 				row2[j + 1] = row0[j - 1] + w;
 			/* deletion */
-			if (j + 1 < len2 && row2[j + 1] > row1[j + 1] + d)
+			if (row2[j + 1] > row1[j + 1] + d)
 				row2[j + 1] = row1[j + 1] + d;
 			/* insertion */
 			if (row2[j + 1] > row2[j] + a)
Next: Matthieu Moy
Message 1 of 12 in “Fix deletion of last character in levenshtein distance”
  1. Fix deletion of last character in levenshtein distanceSamuel Tardieu, Nov 18, 2008
  2. Matthieu MoyNov 18, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2008
  4. Samuel TardieuNov 19, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2008
  7. Document levenshtein.cJohannes Schindelin, Nov 20, 2008
  8. Samuel TardieuNov 20, 2008
  9. Document levenshtein.cJohannes Schindelin, Nov 20, 2008
  10. Jon LoeligerNov 20, 2008
  11. Sverre RabbelierNov 20, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2008

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